Example sentences of "all [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 His two children , aged 18 months and seven months , were sleeping eight feet from the explosion , but were saved from injury by the bomb-proofing and reinforced glass that all VIPs in the province get in their homes .
2 And earlier , in the noblest of all defences of the freedom of the press , Milton had protested :
3 Indeed , in its newsletter , Good Practice , it says that the ‘ current economic recession appears to have dragged high-earning professionals of all disciplines into its maelstrom ’ .
4 ‘ Access to Enterprise ’ is a programme of development which equips students of all disciplines with personal and information technology skills .
5 Between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s , there was a range of centrally funded short Development Courses available on a national basis to eligible managers from all disciplines at middle and senior levels .
6 This is established as the language of academic discourse in all disciplines throughout the world .
7 In a general scheme , all disciplines in human knowledge must obviously be represented .
8 Amongst scientific instruments the microscope in particular is in use across almost all disciplines from life science to electronics and at all levels from routine inspection to research .
9 She felt all tragedies except her own .
10 Following panic buying in Ulan Bator , Mongolia introduced rationing for meat , milk , butter , flour , rice , liquor , green tea and vegetable oil in all cities from Jan. 21 .
11 Both population and employment were already falling in the former London County Council area between 1951 and 1961 , and the process intensified in all cities after 1966 .
12 Bush for his part did not refer to them as " hostages " until Aug. 20 , when he told a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that the Iraqi attack on Kuwait was " a ruthless assault on the very essence of international order and civilized ideals " , and condemned the detention of hostages for having violated " all norms of international behaviour " as well as the tenets of Islam and traditions of Arab hospitality .
13 True , all acts of government policy create a presumption that they will remain in force and are an invitation to the citizen to adapt his private behaviour accordingly ; but the tendency of decisions in the social service field to create vested interests is of a quite peculiar order .
14 Like all acts of faith , it is not capable of mathematical or logical demonstration and can therefore be disavowed by those who do not share it .
15 In the early seventies , the Swedes , worried by the startling increase in the number of cases of gonorrhoea , launched a health education campaign featuring a ‘ flying condom ’ which could be seen on all the best hoardings , exhorting the general public to use a protective in all acts of sexual intercourse .
16 Equally , a crude general rule condemning all acts of killing is preferable to any other possible rule .
17 Until one is committed there is hesitancy , the chance to draw back , always ineffectiveness , concerning all acts of Initiative and Creation .
18 Samuel Hoare , the Foreign Secretary , used a meeting of the League Assembly in Geneva to declare British readiness to participate fully in ‘ collective resistance to all acts of unprovoked aggression ’ .
19 Not all acts of sabotage ‘ mutilate or destroy ’ the work environment ; some merely cause delays and confusion .
20 Apart from the general belief of many constitutionalists that all Acts of Parliament should apply to the United Kingdom , including Northern Ireland , that is a real mistake .
21 The head of state is the hereditary monarch , currently Queen Elizabeth II , all acts of parliament being made in his or her name .
22 The head of state is the hereditary monarch , all acts of parliament being made in his or her name .
23 A corollary of the theory is that if only we were all experts at telepathy we could manage without language at all .
24 This book is well written and consists of 11 chapters written by nine authors , all experts in their own subject .
25 Accountants , personnel administrators , economists , data processing experts and statisticians are all experts in a specialised field of work .
26 All debts for the purpose of entitlement to interest under this section rank equally , ie preferential debts do not have preferential rights to interest .
27 The principal concern of Edward 's ministers , as always , was to raise money for the war , and they hoped by making concessions to receive the grants the king needed ; but the concession of pardon for all debts of £10 or less was insufficient , and the commons insisted that they dare not grant a tax without consulting their communities .
28 On March 26 , 1952 , they signed the agreement now sued upon which has three clauses : ‘ ( 1 ) the husband will pay to the wife for her support and maintenance a weekly sum of One Pound Ten Shillings to be paid every four weeks during the joint lives of the parties so long as the wife shall lead a chaste life the first payment hereunder to be made on the Fifteenth day of April 1952. ( 2 ) The wife will out of the said weekly sum or otherwise support and maintain herself and will indemnify the husband against all debts to be incurred by her and will not in any way at any time hereafter pledge the husband 's credit .
29 In November 1989 the government announced that it wanted gradually to stop all exports of logs , ostensibly to help domestic enterprises , and it was announced on March 9 , 1990 , that the government would impose levies and quotas on some sawn timber and veneer exports , starting on June 1 .
30 This committed tropical timber producing and consuming countries to ensuring that by 2000 all exports of tropical timber products should come from sustainably managed sources .
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